Three-dimensional simulation of turbulent flow in a membrane tube filled with semi-circular baffles

Desalination

Volumn 294, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-16

  Jafarkhani, Mahboubeh ^a   Moraveji, Mostafa Keshavarz ^a   Davarnejad, Reza ^a   Moztarzadeh, Fathollah ^b   Mozafari, Masoud ^b,c  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computational fluid dynamics; Filtration flux; Membrane tube; Semi circular baffle; Turbulent flow

Indexed keywords

3D SIMULATIONS; AVERAGE VELOCITY; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; CROSS FLOWS; DIAMETER RATIO; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FILTRATION FLUX; FILTRATION PERFORMANCE; GEOMETRIC PARAMETER; MEMBRANE TUBES; ORIENTATION ANGLES; SEMI-CIRCULAR BAFFLE; THREE DIMENSIONAL SIMULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) SIMULATION; TUBE WALLS;

COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; MICROFILTRATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); THREE DIMENSIONAL; TUBES (COMPONENTS); TURBULENT FLOW;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

CALCIUM CARBONATE; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; FLOW PATTERN; GEOMETRY; MEMBRANE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL FLOW; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 84860122169     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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